(11602) Miryang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 1995 by R. Weber at Socorro.
A small town in South Korea, just north of Daegu, Miryang was the birthplace of the team leader's wife, Chung-hi Koh (Helen) Weber.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miryang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miryang is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11602 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 ST54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.29 km (#6,314 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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